Position Title: Private Sector Engagement Officer
Employer: Marie Stopes Ethiopia
Employment: Full-Time | Contract
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 7 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
About the Job
Working with and reporting to the Program Manager, the Private Sector Engagement Officer will be responsible for:
- Planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the Blue Door network commercialization program.
- Understanding the needs for the commercial journey in terms of sales, marketing, and documentation.
- Monitoring the progress of member clinics and providing technical support.
- Compiling performance reports of project implementation.
- Participating in marketing and business development activities.
- Preparing and submitting monthly performance reports to the channel lead.
DUTIES/TASKS
- Proactively support demand creation and delivery of value-adding training per the channel's KPI.
- Support the team in planning and delivering presentations on company products and services.
- Work closely with the commercial finance team on financial transactions and management.
- Document and periodically update potential outlets and trainees' profiles.
- Support the team to meet and exceed quotas, tracking all sales activities.
- Communicate customer and prospect product pain points to appropriate departments.
- Maintain a well-developed pipeline of potential partners and clients.
- Support strong partnerships and ongoing relationships across all field offices.
- Coordinate with sales and quality departments to optimize sales efforts.
Productivity and Performance Management
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on assigned targets.
- Work closely with the field team on timely updates of the registry.
- Facilitate monthly performance reviews and weekly updates of BDN activities.
- Participate in service target setting and activity planning.
- Assist in developing new Private Sector Engagement project ideas.
- Ensure the program is implemented according to approved donor agreements.
- Prepare an annual plan of operation based on the operational plan.
- Provide technical and managerial support to private clinics and partners.
- Evaluate the progress of the PSE Activity against set targets.
- Update and review MOU agreement formats and code of conduct.
- Oversee procurement and distribution of supplies and training activities.
- Assess and document best practices and lessons learned.
- Undertake follow-up and interim performance evaluations of clinics.
- Coordinate training of private clinic providers.
- Collect and document success stories and share learnings.
- Carry out other similar activities as assigned by the line manager.
Quality Assurance Responsibilities
- Ensure all clinical staff are competency assessed annually.
- Complete action plans related to internal and external audits.
- Conduct monthly clinical record audits.
- Report incidents timely and adhere to an incident management system.
- Ensure availability of relevant MSI policies at each service site.
- Participate in quarterly MAT meetings.
- Conduct internal audits of service delivery sites annually.
Qualification
- Education: BSc/MSc/MPH in Nursing or Public Health
- Experience: Four to six years of experience in managing SRH activities.
- Skills, Attitudes, and Attributes
- Understanding major policies/issues of large bilateral/multilateral donors.
- Strong working knowledge of business practices in the country.
- A collaborative approach to team working.
- Strong personal commitment to the goals of MSI.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Advanced analytical and organizational skills.
- Negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of local languages where applicable.
- Pro-choice.
